the image of women the democrats convention was that women were utterly helpless unless the government stepped in and provided birth control and abortions and that was the absurd political ad of the obama campaign a woman named julia, cradle to grave, depended on good old uncle sugar for everything from education, a job, health care, food, housing and retirement. now, the women in my family and the wknow, and work with, well, frankly, they are as good as any of the men noi a noi-- i know and work with. i've never thought of them being helpless without the help of the government or some man shepherding them through life, silly me, i never thought to think of women as helpless. that's why the they went stark raving, linda blair turning her head and spitting pea soup enraged at me. i'm not the one that you should be mad at, i'm saying what some of your heroes said. if women are getting nothing much more than bill control pills and abortion from this government, i don't support taking the lives of babies. since you don't want me in your bedroom, i don't know why i have to pay for what happ